outreach worker eddie is part of a national effort to ensure that no homeless veteran will ever live unhoused again. >>> we're in their face. we're giving them hope. right from the get go. we meet an individual. what do you need? that right off the bat builds a trust with them that we're going to do something >>> a military veteran himself scours the city regularly for focus like him. workers who want or need help but who have fallen through the cracks over the years. >>> there's no reason that a veteran should ask for something and not receive it especially when it comes to the basics of life: housing food. >>> would need to uphold the dignity and rights of veterans >>> the notion that one homeless veteran is one too many is why president obama in 2010 launched a plan to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. >>> we're not going to stop until every veteran who has defended america has a home in america >>> largely funded by the department of veterans affairs, it is a 7 billion dollar that partners community groups with government agencies. it uses the housing first model. that's the id